12 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN MOTION PICTUReS FILMS OF MORE THAN ROUTINE INTEREST ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION .fì ) BEN-HuR-This winning entry in the 1959 Oscar Stakes cost a lot of money to condition, and it certainly covers a lot of Near Eastern ground. Time: three hours and thirty-two n1Ínutes. Charlton Heston is up in the cli- 111actic chariot heat (State, B\vay at 45th JC 2-5070 Weekdays at 8 and Sundays at 7:3u :Matinee daily at 2. Reserved seats on1)..) THE CRANES ARE FLYING-A very \\orthvvhile film that has come to us as the initial Soviet offering in a cultural-exchange program be- hveen the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A. It has to do vv'Íth the pathetic situation of a young \\,oman \\.hose emotio""1S are twisted during the \\ar She is played by Tatyana Samoilova who i as handsome a anything that has appeared on the screen ince the days of Garbo. (Waverly, 6th A \ e. at 3rd, V/;\ 9- 8038; through -\.ug. 20.) HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR--\. fine French film, directed by Alain Resnais and \\,ritten by :rvIargueritt:' Duras, that makes a strong plea for peace as it describes the doomed love of a Frenchwoman f.or a Japanese. Photo- graphed in Japan the picture ha in its prin- cipal roles Emmanuelle Ri\,a and Eiji Okada, \\ ho are superb. (Fine A.rts, 130 E. 58th, PL 5- 60 3 0 .) I M ALL RIGHT, JACK-Peter Sellers as a shop ste\\ ard in an English plant that is at sixes and Se\'e11S becaust:' of a lunatic n1anagen1ent <.lnd a working cre\i\' that is just as halmy A very droll British film, in which Margaret Rutherford, [an Carmichael, Terry- Thoma , LiL Frazer, and Richard A.ttenborough also figure admirably. (Guild, 33 \tV. 50th, PL 7- 2 406. ') MASTERS OF THE CONGO JUNGLE-One of the best travelogut:: about life in the \\ilds uf ,\frica that \\ e'vt:' had in a long time. It was created under the auspices of the Belgian Interna- tional Scientific FoundatIon. (Gran1ercy, Lexington at 23rd, GR 5-1660; throughA.ug. 23, tentatIve) THE SAVAGE EYE-Ben Maddow, Sidney :rvIeyeIs, and J o,;eph Strick collaborated on this film, \\,hich \\,as made on a budget of sixty-five thousand dollars. It proves triumphantly that 1110ney isn't everything, at least in the movie business. -\ semi-documentary, the picture shows \\hat happens when a lonely divorcee takes up residence in Los \ngeles after the breakup ()f her marriage. Her situation is --/ --- indeed dismal as Mr. Maddow and bis asso- ciates document the awful emptiness of her pursuit uf happine Barbara Ba x:1ey pldYs the heroine, but n10st of the others on vie\\ are tht:' kind of strange people that started frequenting the city when the angels de- parted (Trans-Lux 52nd St, Lexington at 5 2nd . PL 3-2434, through ;\ug. 23.) SONS AND LOVERS-D. H. La\\rence's 1913 talt:' about the sih er-cord tangle between a ot- tingham n1iner's wife and her artistically gifted son i tredted \\ ith a kind of static delicacy in this English-An1erican film, and so is La\\ rence's first-rate dialogue, \vhich has been lifted \\ ith gloved hands from tht:' novel Ho\\,ever, Trevor Howard, as the black-faced, drunken miner, is remarkably good, and Vvendy Hiller, as his misused wi fe, is not far behind Dean Stock\\ell, who plays the son, is flippant, brooding, and restless, and sometimes suggests Elvis Presley trying to act (Victoria, B \\ ay at 46th, ]U 6-0540; and Beekman, 2nd Ave at 66th, RE 7-2622.) THE THREEPENNY OPERA-A Gern1an film made in 1931 under the direction of G. W. Pabst and later on banned by the Nazis, who tried to destroy every print of the work but failed. -\. Inight Le expected, the sound track is oc- casionally shrill and scratchy, but Bertolt Brecht's sardonic dialogue still has its bite, and the n1usic of Kurt Weill is lined out in style by Lotte Lenya and the others in the cast. (55th St. Playhouse 154 W 55th, JU 6-45QO. ) R.éVIV ALS CARNIVAL IN FLANDERS (1936 )-Sly doings in a ll1edieval Flemish to\\ n. In French, \vith Louis Jouvet (Thalia, B\\ay at 95th AC 2-3370, \Ug. 20.) CHAPLIN COMEDIEs-"Caught in a Cabaret," 'Dough and D} namite." "Hi Prehistoric Pa t," and "His Trysting Place," all one- reelers from the da} s of the silents. (Thalia, B\Ya) at 95th, AC 2-3370; -\.Ug.22.) DIABOLIQUE (1955 )-- -\ chIlling descriptIon of ho\\ the \\ ife and the n1is..res,; of a cad join forces to bring about his elin1ination. A. French fihn, \\ ith Vera Clouzot, Simone Signoret, and Paul VIeurisse (Greenwich, Green\\ich Ave. at 12th, Vv A. 9-3350; Aug. 21- 2 3.) FAN FAN THE TULIP (1953)-'-'\ French burlesque . . . I / .., THé ß"-OAD\\í' A Y A"-éA of love, war, and costume dramas, with Gerard Philipe and Gina Lollobrigida (Wa- verly 6th Ave. at 3rd, WA Q-8038; ;\Ug 23- 24.) LITTLE FUGITIVE (I953)-Richie !\ndruscD as a little buy \\ hu bas himself a day at Coney Island despite the thought that he may have killed his brother. (Thalia B'way at 95th, A.C 2-3370; \ug. 19.) M (I933)-Peter Lorre as the Dusseldorf n1ur- derer. In German. (8th St Playhouse, 52 W. 8th, GR 7-7874; starting ;\ug 24, tenta- tive. ) PORGY AND BESS (I959)-George Gersh\Vin's folk opera \\ ith Sidney Poitier and Doroth) Dandridge. (Waverly, 6th Ave. at 3rd, W A 0-8038; Aug. 21 -22.) SHOE-SHINE (1947 )-Street children of Rome -'\n Italian film (Thalia, B\\ay at 95th, AC 2-3370; Aug. 19.) SOUS LES TOITS DE PARIS (I930)-EarIy René Clair film. In French. (Thalia, B 'way at 95th. AC 2-3370; Aug. 20.) SUMMERTIME (I955)-Katharine Hepburn and Rossano B razzi in a tale of an American spinster out for culture in Venice. (Waver- 1y' 6th ;\ve at 3rd, WA 9-R03R; -\.ug. 23- 24. ) UMBERTO D. (I955)-Vlttono De Sica's saù study of the twilight of an old government pensioner. In Italian. (Bleecker St Cinema 144 Bleecker St., OR 4-3210; through Aug 24.) THE WALLS OF MALAPAGA ( 1950)- A.n aging fugitive, Jean Gabin, having a final roman- tic fling in Genoa. ;\ French-Italian film. (Thalia, B'way at 95th, AC 2-3370; .Aug. 23.) MUSEUM OF MODERN ART FILM LIBRARY-;\Ug. 18, at 8 P.\:!.: "She Done Him Wrong" (1933), \\ ith Mat:' West and Cary Grant; and "N Y., X.Y.. (1957), by Francis Thompson. .. c]) The last film in a series of Canadian docu- mentaries, showings at 3 and 5.30. Aug 18- 20: "One Man's Opinion" (1953), "City of Gold" (1957), and others. . . . tjJ Starting Aug 2 I: "Olyn1pia, Part I," by Len] Riefenstahl, the first of t\\O films 011 the 1936 Olympics (A lÏ1nited number of reservations are avail- able, but only tD tho e applying for them in person at the Museum, I I W. 53rd, after I r on the day of the sho\\ ing or, if it is a Sun- day after I ) FILMS OF MORE THAN ROUTINE INTEREST APPEAR IN HEAVY TYPE AND ARE DESCRIBED IN THE SECTION ABOVE ASTOR, B \\ ay at 45th. (JU 6-2240) "The \partment," Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine. CAPITOL, B \\ ay at 5 1St (JlT 2-5060) "Ocean's II," Frank Sinatra, Dean MartIn. CRITERION, B 'Vii ay at 44th. (]U 2- I. 796) "Strangers When We Meet," Kirk Douglas, Ki111 X ovak. DEM ILLE, 7th ;\"\ e. at 47th. (CO 5-8431) "Psycho," Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles ( o one will be admitted after the film starts, so a prelin1inary phone call is ad- visable.) FORUM, B vvay at 47th. (PL 7-8320) "13 Ghosts," Roselnary DeCamp Donald Woods. MUSIC HALL, 6th -\ ve. at. 50th (CI 6-4600) "Song \Vithout End,"' Dirk Bogarde Capu- cine, Gene\,ieve Page PALACE, B\\ ay at 47th. (PL 7-2626) "Portrait in Black," Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn. PARAMOUNT, B\\ay at 43rd (WI 7-9400) "Froln the Terrace," Paul N e\\n1an, Joanne "VV ood \\ ard RIVOLl, B'vvay at 4yth. (CI 7-1633) "Can-Can," Frank Sinatra, Shirley Mac- Laine, Maurice Chevalier. (Weekdays at 8:30 and Sundays at 8. Matinées daily at 2: 30. Reserved seats only) STATE, B\\-ay at 45th. (JU 2-5070) BEN-HUH. VICTORIA, B\\ay at 46th (JlT 6-0540) SONS AND LOVERS. WARNER, B'way at 47th (CO 5-571 r) "The Time Machine," Rod Taylor, Alan Y Dung.